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Publication Date: 1971
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Poor Americans: How the Poor White Live.
Pilisuk, Marc; Pilisuk, Phyllis
Contents of this book include the following essays which originally appeared in "Transaction" magazine: (1) "Poor Americans: an introduction," Marc Pilisuk and Phyllis Pilisuk; (2) "How the white poor live," Marc Pilisuk and Phyllis Pilisuk; (3) "The culture of poverty," Oscar Lewis; (4) "Life in Appalachia--the case of Hugh McCaslin," Robert Coles; (5) "Labor waste in New York: rural exploitation and migrant workers," William H. Friedland; (6) "The serpent-handling religions of West Virginia," Nathan L. Gerrard; (7) "White gangs," Walter B. Miller; (8) "Homeless men," David Pittman; (9) "How teachers learn to help children fail," Estelle Fuchs; (10) "Becky and the Telegraph Avenue life style," Marc Pilisuk, Lilyan Binder, Claire Brady, Sandra Broemel, Susan Cady, Robert Hart, Ann Ohren, and William Smolak; (11) "Medical ghettos," Anselm L. Strauss; and, (12) "The strange case of public dependency," Martin Rein. (JM)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Juvenile Gangs, Labor Market, Labor Problems, Medical Services, Migrant Problems, Poverty, Poverty Areas, Poverty Programs, Religious Cultural Groups, Rural Areas, Rural Family, Student Teacher Relationship, Whites
Transaction Books, Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903 ($2.45)
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